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Assembled by Zucker, his brother, Jerry Zucker, and Abrahams — who formed the era-defining ZAZ comedy team — from comprehensive cast and crew interviews conducted by pop culture journalist ...
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) [5] is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, [6] and produced by Jon Davison.
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (abbreviated to ZAZ) was an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker who specialised in writing slapstick comedy films during the 1980s. Members of the team have often collaborated with writer Pat Proft.
David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise.
Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds at jhinds@freepress.com. 'Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!' By David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker
“We just were totally committed to the concept of doing a comedy with all these great actors and no comedians, and making it look like a B movie,” David Zucker says. Julie Hagerty, Peter ...
A conversation with David and Jerry Zucker: A feature length interview with the co-creators of The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane! and The Naked Gun about their lives and career, from growing up and starting out in show business to their comedy influences and spoofing Midnight Cowboy; Jerry Zucker's on-set home video shot during the making of ...
Top Secret! is a 1984 action comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker and Martyn Burke.It stars Val Kilmer (in his film debut role) and Lucy Gutteridge alongside a supporting cast featuring Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, and Jeremy Kemp.